Craven County in World War I

This site includes numerous newspaper articles taken from
The Morning New Bernian and The Sun-Journal during the years of World
War I (1916-1919). Included in the selection are letters from soldiers written
either from training camp or from the front in France. Other articles detail the
deaths of Craven County soldiers during this period; some from enemy action,
some from disease.

Lt. Tom C. Daniels: This Brave Soldier is now convalescing in the Army
Hospital at Cape May, N.J., from an operation to remove shrapnel fragments
from his body. He lost an eye in battle, but hopes soon to be among his
friends in New Bern.